Pensioners most-likely to get Attendance Allowance payments for five years READ MORE: Pensioners with health conditions could ...

Attendance Allowance provides extra cash to people of State Pension age with certain disabilities and illnesses ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed during the Autumn Budget that the New and Basic State Pension will rise by 4.8 per cent from April while Attendance Allowance payments will increase 3.8 per cent.

"Politicians have talked about it at elections and we have been waiting for something more positive to happen, but I think because it is so difficult it somehow slips down the list of priorities." A ...

Over a million people could be missing out on a benefit which is worth up to £5,300 per year. About 1.9 million people claim ...

A retired professor who looks after her 77-year-old husband is calling for more support for carers in Wednesday's Budget. Miranda Mugford, 75, a professor of mental health and social care at the ...

New figures from the DWP show that arthritis is the most common condition claimed by nearly 484,000 pensioners on Attendance ...

The DWP looks at the practical help you need. This includes tasks that take you a long time, cause pain, or require supervision to stay safe. You apply using a detailed Attendance Allowance form. Many ...

More than 1.7 million State Pensioners receive either £73.90 or £110.40 each week through the disability benefit.

PIP claimants awarded the higher rate of the PIP mobility component can transfer some or all of the payment to lease a new ...

If you look after a partner, friend or relative who would find it difficult to manage without your support, then you're a carer. There’s a growing sector of what are known as ‘sandwich’ carers - those ...